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The three young men came early Sunday morning. They sprayed “**** Muslims,” “**** ISIS,” “suicid bombers” and genitalia in white paint on the red brick walls of the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield, Indiana. The message was disturbing and frightening, ISNA Secretary General Hazem Bata said…

Surveillance video captured three people vandalizing the outside of the Islamic Society of North America. Now the group’s leader is speaking out. Secretary General Hazem Bata says Muslims won’t abandon their faith just because of some spray paint. Vulgar anti-Muslim graffiti was spray-painted over the weekend on the…

The headquarters of the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield, Indiana was vandalized this weekend. Spray painted writings included profanity, references to suicide bombings, and ISIS. Three suspects were seen on camera early Sunday morning, but no one is in custody. Officials with the Islamic society actually thanked…

The headquarters of the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield, Indiana was vandalized this weekend. Spray painted writings included profanity, references to suicide bombings, and ISIS. Three suspects were seen on camera early Sunday morning, but no one is in custody. Officials with the Islamic society actually thanked the vandals for showing…

American Muslims refuse to be victims in their own country, the secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America said Monday after vulgar, anti-Muslim graffiti was spray-painted on an exterior wall of the group’s headquarters in suburban Indianapolis. “Muslims will not abandon our faith simply because of some spray paint..

Late Monday afternoon Plainfield police released grainy video of three men spraying graffiti on the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) building. The spray paintings were laced with racial slurs and obscenities. Leaders at ISNA called an afternoon news conference at the building on Monday. During the 45-minute press conference…

A day after the Islamic Society of North America was spray-painted with racial slurs and vulgarities, the organization’s secretary general didn’t speak with anger. In a room packed with faith leaders, members of the media and the greater Indianapolis community, Hazem Bata explained that he wouldn’t discuss an increase in bigotry…

Plainfield Police have released security footage of vandalism reported early Sunday at the Islamic Society of North America. The 40 second clip shows three men walking up to the building to spray paint the front brick wall before fleeing the scene. The incident remains under investigation by Plainfield Police and the FBI…

The Islamic Society of North America headquarters in Plainfield was vandalized early Sunday, the organization said. A photo shows profanity and vulgar images spray-painted on the building, which also houses a mosque. “It upsets me to see something like that,” Julie Knust, who lives near the mosque, said. ISNA reported the graffiti to police and…

The Islamic Society of North America has just one message for the teenagers that vandalized their building on Sunday–Thank You. The group held a press conference this morning to talk about the racially motivated epithets that were spray painted onto their headquarters in Plainfield. That “Thank you” was expressed in several different ways..